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Consultation opens on NHIF remit expansion

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
The government is seeking stakeholder views on broadening the remit of the National Housing Finance Infrastructure Facility (NHIF), administered by the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC), to attract more private capital into ...

Australia can avoid recession: Outlook

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... 235,00 this financial year, which is consistent with pre-pandemic levels, and should help ease labour shortages and the tight job market. "Which in turn will help head off a surge in wages growth to levels well beyond those consistent with the inflation ...

Women-led global equities teams outperform in downturn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... All-Country World index was down 25.3% through September 2022 and women led portfolio management teams have done a markedly better job against their style indices," Investment Metrics said. It added that a similar trend was seen in the 2018 downturn ...

HESTA to commit $100m to green hydrogen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
The industry fund is going to explore green hydrogen production, agreeing to invest up to $100 million in ReNu Energy and Countrywide Hydrogen projects. The super fund has signed a term sheet with ASX-listed ReNu Energy and its subsidiary Countrywide ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... assets. "If the objective of super is to provide a tax-preferred means for estate planning, you could say it is doing its job," he said. Jones explained the concessional taxation of funds like these has a real cost to the Budget and needs to be considered. ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Retirement is overwhelmingly concerning Australians, with a nationally representative Finder survey showing over 12 million people harbour longevity risk worries. The survey said 28% of respondents don't think they'll have enough super to stop ...

HESTA, ISPT, UniSuper to build UNSW hub

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022
A consortium comprising HESTA, ISPT, Plenary and UniSuper are investing $600 million to develop the University of New South Wales' (UNSW) Health Translation Hub. The new 15-storey health education and research building, located in Randwick, will ...

Cbus overhauls climate change reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... emissions created during the manufacture of building materials such as cement and steel, the transport of those materials to the job site, and the construction practices used. Cbus will engage with its property managers on plans to reduce embodied carbon ...

Federal Reserve raises rates 0.75%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
... growth and higher unemployment are 'something that we think we need to have,' some economists question whether crushing the job market is necessary to bring inflation to heel," a letter directed to Powell said. "Others 'think the central bank should ...

Don't water down YFYS: Grattan Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... digital on-boarding services is probably still leading to new accounts being the 'default' outcome when an employee starts a new job. Selecting an existing fund should be easier - for both employers and employees - than selecting a new fund." It added ...